New Feature

Feature

Description

Support for Short Message Service (SMS)

Amazon Simple Notification Service now supports SMS text messages as a new method for notifications. SMS (also known as Short Message Service) is one of the most widely used messaging applications in the world. Amazon SNS messages can now be delivered to SMS-enabled mobile phones and smart phones. For more information, go to SMS Notifications Using Amazon SNS in the Amazon Simple Queue Service Getting Started Guide.

Known Issues

Issue

Description

Availability for Subscribers

SMS notifications are currently supported for phone numbers in the United States.

Availability for Publishers

SMS messages can be sent only from Amazon SNS topics created in the US East Region. However, you can publish messages to topics that you create in the US East Region from any other region.